Copy Editor Honored

This is a nice and something you don't see very often--a news story about a copy editor who is retiring.

TL salutes retired copy editor
Tom Mooney lauded for knowledge of local facts and for guiding a long string of newsroom employees.

By STEVE MOCARSKY

WILKES-BARRE – He might not be Superman, but his friends and colleagues at the Times Leader on Sunday recognized Tom Mooney as a guy who has saved countless reporters – from embarrassment and an editor’s tongue-lashing – by catching typos and factual errors in stories before they made it to print.

Mooney, who will continue to write weekly genealogy and seniors columns for the newspaper, retired from his full-time copy editor position on June 30 after 25 years with the Times Leader.

Chief copy editor Mike Liechty threw a retirement party for his close friend and colleague of 17 years Sunday to honor him for his years of service to the newspaper and the community.
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